Police report
Mar 17, 2026, 7:04 p.mMar 17, 2026, 7:04 p.m
Four workers were killed when a building collapsed in Vienna. A spokesman for the fire department confirmed this to the German Press Agency. Another worker was seriously injured. The Austrian news agency APA had previously reported.
The accident occurred at a construction site in the Alsergrund district, near the city center. During concreting work in the inner courtyard of a building, the workers were buried under parts of scaffolding, concrete formwork and liquid concrete, the spokesman reported.
A large-scale operation by rescue workers was triggered. Among other things, 120 firefighters were on site. They rescued the accident victims with a crane, a winch and their bare hands, according to the fire department. (hkl/sda/dpa)